88. Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo 2020

**AnttiL** · 29th January 2020, 14:02

Originally Posted by mknight

One final thought about Ogier at Monte. I read a lot of comments how he now wasn't the fastest while he won all those previous year.

Yes discounting the VW year he won in 2017-2019, but he wasn't really fastest in any of those years.
In 2017 Neuville was beating him quite clearly, even if you remove the 40s lost in a ditch.
In 2018 again Neuville was quicker most of the time (but lost lot of time in start stuck on the side of the road)
Finally last year Tanak was clearly fastest and Neuville could also have beat him if he didn't go off road on that junction.

In light of that this year's performance doesn't really stand out. The only catch there is that he wasn't clearly beating his teammate.

Yeah, I think Ogier was as fast as always, Neuville just managed to keep it together this time, and Evans was faster than usually.

**dimviii** · 29th January 2020, 15:02

Originally Posted by doubled1978

To be fair, he’s clearly being honest. .

you need big balls to be honest with 9 world championships.No moaning about car also.
He is very big,inside and outside car.

**dimviii** · 29th January 2020, 15:03

Originally Posted by AndyRAC

I'm pretty sure he only set one fastest stage time when he won in 2009 in the Peugeot...

dont remember how many stages he had won,but remember that he wasnt the fastest at all.

**dimviii** · 29th January 2020, 15:40

about the tyre choices at Hyundai for Sunday.They were very close to catastrophe even for Neuville.
Thats the articles we want to read at wrc offical site.But they are really a bunch of amateurs clueless.

https://www.dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/s...illes-ice-man/

**EstWRC** · 29th January 2020, 15:48

Originally Posted by dimviii

about the tyre choices at Hyundai for Sunday.They were very close to catastrophe even for Neuville.
Thats the articles we want to read at wrc offical site.But they are really a bunch of amateurs clueless.

https://www.dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/s...illes-ice-man/

agreed, Dirtfish has surprised me a lot so far, especially during the Monte, very good interviews, quickly news and updates, articles on their site etc, this is exactly how wrc.com should be.

and it seems that David Evans is also joining them. well done so far

**Lancia Stratos** · 29th January 2020, 17:35

They did - just from a different story angle.

https://www.wrc.com/en/editor-tree/s...ille-on-sordo/

**dimviii** · 29th January 2020, 17:42

Originally Posted by Lancia Stratos

They did - just from a different story angle.

https://www.wrc.com/en/editor-tree/s...ille-on-sordo/

while they wrote what we already knew,they didnt write the most important,that we didnt knew.The change at last minutes from super softs to softs.That was the important,not that Sordo helped Neuville.